A continuation of CKUW's morning radio show 'Better Than Chocolate' (voted People's Choice for Favourite Spoken Word Show in 2008) in which you'll find news about Winnipeg events.
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December 31, 2011

Janessa Brunet is a graduate from the University of Manitoba with a BFA and an honors in photography.

Water Bodies is a selection of recent work which examines human interaction with large bodies of water. As a visitor to these lakes and beaches, she shares her experience through the exploration of natural light and the figure as a compositional element.

December 30, 2011

Winnipeg's brand new weekly performance and poetry series starts this January!

Every Tuesday at Pop Soda's, 625 Portage Avenue.

Doors and sign up at 6:30 pm

Show at 7:00 pm

All events are pwyc

Speaking Crow focuses on more literary, page poetry type stuff, but all voices are welcome. And we kick things off with a very special feature poet: Rosanna Deerchild!

Rosanna Deerchild’s poetry has appeared in number of literary magazines, and was featured in Post-Prairie: An Anthology of New Poetry. As a member of the Aboriginal Writers Collective, she is featured in two collections, urban kool and Bone Memory, and they’ve released a live spoken word CD, Red City. Rosanna Deerchild’s first collection of poetry, this is a small northern town, is set in a mining town and explores issues of race, identity and family. She lives in Winnipeg where she works in broadcasting.

December 27, 2011

The Winnipeg Folk Festival has an annual attendance of over 80,000, and takes place in Birds Hill Provincial Park, July 4 - 8, 2012.

The Festival features up to 50 artisans in it's outdoor marketplace. The Hand-Made Village features artisans who design and produce their own work. Participants are chosen by selection committee. Information and application forms are now available on our website.

When we nurture one thing we neglect another. When caring for our children, we can neglect ourselves. We let the laundry and the dishes pile up to make time for artmaking. It sometimes seems impossible to be both mother and artist, so we negotiate.

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Group Meeting

Monday, January 9, 2012, 6:30 - 9:00 pm at MAWA

The Artist Mothers Group at MAWA would like to extend an invitation to all artist mothers to come and meet other women who embrace both mothering and artistic production. This peer-based group meets on the first Monday of each month.

Meetings are relaxed and informal. The group experiments with art materials, critiques each other’s work, and shares snacks, concerns, ideas, inspiration, strategies and support for those who juggle the tricky life of artmaking and mothering.

Rambling Dan Frechette, Grant Siemens, Sky Onosson, Scott Nolan and special guests perform as Motel 75, a roots/rock band formed out of the ashes of the Blue Note Cafe in 1999 and performed at The 2000 Winnipeg Folk Festival and opened for Reverend Horton Heat and Hank Williams III before disbanding in 2001.

Come see why this exciting band made such waves in such a short tenure!

Pam and Voula Sarlas are collecting gently worn footwear for their Christmas fundraising campaign to help the United Way's Koats for Kids program, the West Central Women's Resource Centre and the North Point Douglas Women's Resource Centre.

Donate before December 24 and receive a 10% discount off any new footwear purchases!!

Located at 167 Lilac Street, in the Corydon area, Soul Shoes and Accessories carries fashionable footwear, handbags and accessories for both men and women.

Love Ophelia wanted to show our gratitude to an organization dedicated to helping the helpless.

The Gentle Barn is a wonderful organization that is tirelessly and selflessly committed to giving a voice to the voiceless and advocating for compassion for all living things.

It is our privilege to donate 20% of our sales to the Gentle Barn when you enter GENTLEBARN at checkout throughout December.

As an extra thank you, we will give YOU a 20% discount when you enter code GENTLEBARN.

If you feel moved to help us support the Gentle Barn, enter GENTLEBARN when you make a purchase at Love Ophelia.

The Gentle Barn is a refuge for severely abused animals and a safe haven for at-risk and special needs children. The Gentle Barn's dedicated volunteers and advocates give us hope for a compassionate future for all animals, and ultimately for all mankind.

December 15, 2011

Join Heartland Travel as we tour throughout Winnipeg and see the many displays that make us the Christmas capital of Canada!

While listening to Christmas carols, you will see many colorful Christmas light displays, both residential and business.

Sit back, relax in the heated motor coach, and let someone else do the driving for you. See the Christmas Lights at the Legislative Building and the Camels that stand across from it. We’ll slowly drive down Candy Cane Lane and Polar Bear Alley to view some amusing and enjoyable light displays!

We will drive through Canad Inns Winter Wonderland and also view many more

residential and business displays.

Learn the importance of using LED lighting in your own Christmas light displays,

We grew up waiting by the radio to hit the red record button, belting Disney in front of the mirror, memorizing Handel excerpts, putting on full-scale basement musicals and plays, mimicking Michael Jackson moves, rocking out on a cardboard guitar, transcribing Coltrane and singing French-Canadian folksongs.

December 14, 2011

Aaron "Contrackt" Trachtenberg is a rapper from Winnipeg, Manitoba. He released two self-produced full length albums between 2007 and 2008, before moving to the UK.

He is overjoyed to be back performing in his hometown.

Josh Weiss is a singer-songwriter from Ottawa, Ontario.

He is currently recording his first full-length album, available in early 2012.

Josh and Aaron have created a dynamic two-man show combining Contrackt's slick lyrics with Josh's versatile musicianship. Get ready for a night of fist-pumping excitement, thought-provoking rap, and unforgettable original tunes at Aqua Books!

Bid on sports memorabilia, once in a lifetime experiences, games, trips and just about anything related to any type of sport. These items are perfect for gift giving during the holiday season - for someone special or even a gift for yourself!

The Forum Art Institute is proud to be one of the city’s oldest, independent, not-for-profit, educational art organizations. We have offered art instruction to the Winnipeg & Manitoban community since 1964.

We welcome all skill levels from ages seven and up. The Forum provides an opportunity to all of our students for showing their work at our art exhibitions and art auction.

December 8, 2011

The women of Ka Ni Kanichihk’s Moon Voices program invite you to tune into CKUW 95.9 FM for a special broadcast of “Moon Voices on the Air - Stories of Resistance, Connection and Reclamation”. Podcasts of the show will also be available on CKUW's website!

Host Cheryl McKenzie of APTN will facilitate. We'll discuss what it means for Indigenous women to reclaim power, challenge systemic barriers and reconnect to our culture.

Our stories will touch your heart, spark your interest, and make you think about what you know about Indigenous women.

This event is the first of a series in a collaboration between Ka Ni Kanichihk's Moon Voices (Aboriginal Women Reclaiming our Power) Project and the Institute for Women's and Gender Studies (IWGS).

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Please mark your calendars for the following:

JANUARY 25: "Moon Voices Speak! Reclaiming Our Power: Indigenous Women’s Perspectives on Education”: noon - 2:00 pm, Convocation Hall, University of Winnipeg. Speakers will include current and former students from UW, UM, and RRCC.

FEBRUARY 8: Moon Voices Share! Indigenous Mothering: Creating a Place of Love for the Next Seven Generations: 6 - 8:00 pm, Bulman Centre, University of Winnipeg.

MARCH 9 - 11: Moon Voices in ACTion Gathering: A three-day gathering, to be held at the University of Winnipeg, planned, led, and/or co-facilitated by the Moon Voices participants.

Food, childcare, and other supports will be provided.

Events will include:

Screening of the Moon Voices "Digital Stories" project

Workshops

Special guest speakers

Art/cultural events.

ALL events are free, open to all, and will be either child-welcoming or have childcare.

For the foodie, treat them to Dinner and a Symphony on January 14. Bergmann's On Lombard caters a musically themed three-course German meal at the Concert Hall prior to the WSO’s performance of Mozart & Schubert. Starting at $85 per person per event ($60 per person for concert ticket-holders). Gift cards are available.

Soundcheck Passes
Perfect for the under 30 music lover on your list! A New Year's Pass is just $50, which gets them unlimited concerts for the rest of the 11-12 season. Learn more about the Soundcheck program.

No work in the entire history of music transmits the urge to want to sing more than Handel’s Messiah! We welcome the return of conductor Yuri Klaz, the Winnipeg Singers and a splendid group of soloists for our annual holiday happening. Make this concert a part of your holiday with us!

Visit the WSO box office at 555 Main Street or call 949-3999 for more information.

Parking vouchers are available for the Civic Parkade. Vouchers are only $6 (regular price to park in the parkade is $8). Vouchers may be purchased in advance by calling 949-3999 or at the box office window at the Centennial Concert Hall prior to a WSO concert or during the intermission.

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Welcome to Winnipeg!

While I was born in Malta, raised in NY and lived in BC, Winnipeg is home.
I've co-hosted an award winning radio show.
I've been published in newspapers and literary anthologies and my plays have been produced.